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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates15,749Searchable applications
602Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,818 approved or refused records
1,149Refused applications
10,669 approved · 1,149 refused · 697 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2001 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning contact the planning teamLocal plan Local Plan evidence basePre-application advice Pre-application advice fees
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas23 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas6 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council — Article 4 Direction Area · checked 14 Sept 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0. Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- DecidedA/26/100521/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Management Plan) in respect of approved application A/25/099123/RET
29 Rigley Potts Park Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4UN
Received 25 Feb 2026 - DecidedA/26/100522/CON
Condition Discharge application to PART Discharge Condition No.4 Part iv (Verification Report) in respect of approved application A/23/96052/MAJOR
Pit Pony Inn 71 Low Bank Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9RN
Received 25 Feb 2026 - UnknownA/26/100523/WTTPO
Request to clear naturally colonised trees and shrubs from around the derelict Winstanley Hall Building to enable the erection of temporary scaffolding. All trees & shrubs to be removed are marked-up with a red cross in the attached photos and are within the red-line boundary on the attached plan.Tree species include Acer sp., Quercus sp., Salix sp., Betula sp., Sambucus sp., Rhododendron.
Winstanley Hall Winstanley Park Winstanley Wigan WN3 6BE
Received 25 Feb 2026 - DecidedA/26/100524/HH
Single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory
4 Harbrook Grove Hindley Green Wigan WN2 4UB
Received 25 Feb 2026 - DecidedA/26/100525/WTTCA
T1, T2 , T3 , & T4 Row of 4 Sycamore trees running along the side of 7 Hand Lane, to be reduced by 5 meters to the growth points closest to that level. Height needs to be reduched this much in line with other trees reduced to this level as these have now been left exposed to the elements.
7 Hand Lane Leigh WN7 3LP
Received 26 Feb 2026 - RegisteredA/26/100526/ADV
Internally illuminated venue sign (Retrospective Application)
Willoughby Farm Meadow Pit Lane Haigh Wigan WN2 1LQ
Received 26 Feb 2026 - UnknownA/26/100527/WTTPO
T1 Cut back overhanging branches by 3 to 5 metresT2 This tree has 2 trunks. We would like to either remove the trunk that is growing at an angle into the garden or cut back branches overhanging boundary fence by 3 to 5 metres. On the trunk that is growing vertically, remove the epicormic growth to a height of 10 metres.T3 Remove the whole tree or cut back the majority of branches that are encroaching over the boundary fence by 2 to 3 metres.
15 Trescott Mews Standish Wigan WN6 0AW
Received 27 Feb 2026 - DecidedA/26/100528/HH
Single storey rear extension with associated external alterations to fenestration following demolition of existing conservatory
14 Brooklands Avenue Leigh WN7 3HJ
Received 27 Feb 2026 - UnknownA/26/100529/LUCE
Certificate of Lawful Development for the existing use of a property as a 5 bed, 5 person house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4)
167 Ormskirk Road Wigan WN5 9DP
Received 27 Feb 2026 - DecidedA/26/100530/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.18 (Lighting Design Strategy) in respect of approved application A/25/098945/MAJOR
South Side Of Guided Busway Astley Street Tyldesley
Received 27 Feb 2026 - DecidedA/26/100531/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.11 (Biodiversity Gain Plan), Condition No.12 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) and Informative No.3 (Biodiversity Net Gain) in respect of approved application A/25/098945/MAJOR
South Side Of Guided Busway Astley Street Tyldesley
Received 27 Feb 2026 - DecidedA/26/100532/CON
Condition Discharge application to PART discharge Condition No.53 (External Hard Landscaping Materials and Finishes - Materials only in relation to the Public Realm hotel, pavilion, New Market Hall and central square elements) in respect of approved application A/25/099781/VARMAJ
The Galleries Wigan WN1 1AR
Received 27 Feb 2026 - DecidedA/26/100533/HH
Detached double garage in front garden following removal of retaining wall and demolition of single garage
10 Brock Mill Lane Wigan WN1 2NZ
Received 27 Feb 2026 - UnknownA/26/100535/LUCP
Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey rear extension with external alterations to fenestration following demolition of existing conservatory
17 Queens Drive Golborne Warrington WA3 3JS
Received 1 Mar 2026 - UnknownA/26/100536/PDE
Single storey rear extension with a projection of 8 metres, height eaves 2.5 metres and height to the ridge 4 metres
270 Preston Road Standish Wigan WN6 0NY
Received 27 Feb 2026 - DecidedA/26/100537/HH
Single storey front extension, part two storey part single storey side extension and single storey rear extension
52 Woodnook Road Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 9JR
Received 2 Mar 2026 - DecidedA/26/100538/HH
Single storey rear extension, new porch to front, render to all elevations and external alterations to fenestration
11 Snowshill Drive Wigan WN3 6AD
Received 2 Mar 2026 - RegisteredA/26/100539/MAJOR
Erection of 136 dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaping, boundary treatments and infrastructure
Land South Of Rectory Lane Off Moss Green Close And Wood Green Close Rectory Lane Standish
Received 2 Mar 2026 - DecidedA/26/100540/HH
Part two storey part single storey rear extension
149 Higher Green Lane Astley Tyldesley Manchester M29 7JA
Received 2 Mar 2026 - DecidedA/26/100541/HH
First floor to side and single storey extension to the rear following demolition of existing conservatory
9 Bude Avenue Tyldesley Manchester M29 7PA
Received 2 Mar 2026 - DecidedA/26/100542/HH
Part two storey part single storey side extension
22 Worsley Green Wigan WN5 8BN
Received 2 Mar 2026 - DecidedA/26/100543/WTTCA
T1 - Dead elderberry - failed and needs to be removed. T2- Dead Sycamore x2 - fell to ground level. T3- Cherry tree to prune back from property to gain a 2 metre clearance. T4 - Dead laburnum - fell to ground level. T5 - Dead/Dying Cherry tree to be felled to ground level.
St Thomas's Vicarage 18 Warrington Road Ashton-in-makerfield Wigan WN4 9PL
Received 31 Mar 2026 - DecidedA/26/100544/HH
Single storey rear extension
7 Romney Way Wigan WN1 2QQ
Received 3 Mar 2026 - DecidedA/26/100548/CON
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.5 (Coal Mining) and Condition No.8 (Contamination) in respect of approved application A/23/96585/LA
Land Adjacent 3 Heysham Road And Adjacent 194 City Road Orrell
Received 3 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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